Advocate’s wife appointed to board

Friday

Apr 5, 2013 at 9:47 PM

Gov. Bobby Jindal has appointed Sarah Voisin of Houma, wife of the late seafood advocate Mike Voisin, to the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board.

Staff report

Gov. Bobby Jindal has appointed Sarah Voisin of Houma, wife of the late seafood advocate Mike Voisin, to the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board.The board’s purpose is to help strengthen and revitalize the Louisiana seafood industry and to identify threats and execute strategies to overcome them.Sarah Voisin is the owner of Motavit Seafood, today one of the state’s largest oyster outfits, and Wine Island. She will serve as a representative of the Louisiana Oyster Task Force.Mike Voisin, oyster magnate and seafood expert, died Feb. 2 after fighting for slightly more than a week to recover from a massive heart condition.Voisin helped found the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board and has served as chairman of a large number of organizations ranging from the National Fisheries Institute and the Gulf and South Atlantic Fisheries Foundation to the Louisiana Seafood Processors Council and Louisiana Oyster Task Force.He was also a Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries commissioner and member of Terrebonne General Medical Center’s board of commissioners.Jindal announced two other appointments of local residents.Chet Chiasson was chosen to serve on the Louisiana Board of International Commerce. Chiasson, of Cut Off, is the executive director of the Greater Lafourche Port Commission. Chiasson was nominated by the South Louisiana Economic Council and will be appointed to serve as a regional economic development organization representative of the board, which serves as the authority to advance the state’s international economic sector. Laura Badeaux, of Thibodaux, was appointed to the Louisiana Women’s Policy and Research Commission.Badeaux is the director of the Louisiana Center for Women and Government at Nicholls State University.The Louisiana Women’s Policy and Research Commission advises the governor on women’s policy and addresses the needs and concerns of women in Louisiana.